[1] In the earliest years of baseball at the University of Florida, club teams played at a field in downtown Gainesville's Porters Community.

In 1911, the team moved on campus to Fleming Field, where the northern endzone of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium stands today.

Eventually, an expansion to the football stadium forced the team to move 500 yards southwest to Perry Field.

[2] Wanting to improve college baseball facilities in the state of Florida, New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner provided funds for the university to install lights at Perry Field in 1977.

A notorious hill in left field, which rose 30 feet to the wall, proved an imposing obstacle to visiting outfielders.

Funded by Alfred McKethan, other athletic boosters, and the state government, a $2.4-million concrete stadium was constructed in 1987 to replace the existing bleachers at Perry Field for the 1988 season.

[2] In 33 seasons of baseball, McKethan Stadium hosted over 3.2 million fans for Florida home games.

This defeat ended the longest home winning streak in school history, a 29-game run that spanned the 2015 and 2016 campaigns.

A season later, the highest total attendance record for a three-game series was made on February 26, 2017; 16,807 tickets were sold for the Gators' sweep of Miami.

[7] Following delays, construction ultimately began February 2019 and concluded in August 2020, with a finished budget of approximately $65 million.